Large globose coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Second tag "1125". Per Ralph Shanks: Globose coiled basket bowl, probably made for storage, with no residue. Tight spiral coil start. The coil foundation is rods of peeled shoots, with some splints. The wefts are peeled redbud with unpeeled redbud designs. The design includes three diagonal series of connected steps. There are random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped and the coil ending has exposed rods. The weft fag ends are clipped, concealed or bound under. The weft moving ends are bound under. The exterior workface has about 15% split stiches. The interior back-face of the basket has about 50% split stiches. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward direction and a down to the right slant of weft twist.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Yuki
Maker or artist:
Susan Rubin
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 40 centimeters and height 24 centimeters
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett "field notes,p.45 til, large basket zigzag design = kik". Photo: 15-4974. Published: AAE XXIV 9, Pl 120 a. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 88. Per Ruth Merrill: Parching basket; twined. Warp is Dogwood (Cornus florida), weft is Redbud wood (Cercis occidentalis).Red pattern is Redbud bark.